Have you always wanted to learn how to write a screenplay, a stage play, or a compelling story?

Or maybe you're currently in the midst of your storytelling project and need help improving it or getting over a specific hurdle?

Do you also identify as a person who fits within the LGBTQ+ community spectrum and are looking for a creative retreat that can and will hold space for you?

THEN, THIS IS RETREAT FOR YOU!

Come join multi-award-winning screen and TV writer, John Pisano-Thomsen, at his beautiful Costa Rica home and finca in the rainforests of Quepos for an 11-day writing retreat that will get you on track with the narrative that you want to create and, more importantly, COMPLETE.

This retreat is not only about learning how to write and finding your writing mojo. This retreat also incorporates kundalini yoga morning practices to get your Shakti open and centered first thing in the morning so that you can more easily enter your creative flow.

This retreat will also include visits to parks and beaches to help you ground and be in touch with Gaia for inspirational purposes.

There are many writers' retreats all over the world. But not many are specifically geared to providing a safe space for the LGBTQ+ community. This includes those that identify as Two-Spirit, Non-Binary, Pansexual, Asexual and Trans.

We, the queer community, have taken on important spiritual journeys. We all have unique and important stories to share with the world so that others in the "main stream" can more readily understand our world and our challenges better. Through sharing our stories, Gaia can evolve into a more cohesive and understanding world; a world where we connect through our hearts and authenticity, not through our heads, toxicities and traumas.

Every day, three segments are conducted:

Segment 1: Conducting a kundalini yoga inner workout to open the Shakti and center for the day.

Segment 2: Free time to write until lunch.

Segment 3: Connection, flow, play + creativity exercises or excursions to other places in Costa Rica.

Segment 4: Writing topic of the evening + compassionate sharing.

There are many writers' retreats all over the world. But not many are specifically geared to providing a safe space for the LGBTQ+ community. This includes those that identify as Two-Spirit, Non-Binary, Pansexual, and Trans.

We, the queer community, have taken on important spiritual journeys. We all have unique and important stories to share with the world so that others in the "main stream" can more readily understand our world and our challenges better. Through sharing our stories, Gaia can evolve into a more cohesive and understanding world; a world where we connect through our hearts and authenticity, not through our heads, toxicities and traumas.

John Pisano-Thomsen is not only an award-winning screen and TV writer, he is also a script doctor, a librettist, a composer, a lyricist, a poet, a former media project manager of 35 years, a tantric guru and an intimacy healer specializing in childhood trauma. He has been an activist for the LGBTQ+ community since coming out of the closet in 1984 and he has served in LGBTQ+ corporate diversity leadership positions for 30+ years.

In 2019, John placed in the top 15%, 5% and 2% of the prestigious Nicholl Fellowship, sponsored by the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences and today is currently assigned to a new television episodic taking place in the underground drag world of 1961 Atlantic City and created by producers David Schoner, Jr. and AJ Swirz. John's former mentors include former Spielberg assistant, Michael Lucker ("Home on the Range," "Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron"), Robin M. Henry ("East Los High"), Don Woodard ("Dream On!," "Just Shoot Me!"), and Dr. Lew Hunter (Emmy winner and former head of UCLA's Screenwriting Dept.).